I received this in my e-mail from Yahoo answersI don't know what to think of itI have never received anything like thisif you could help to prevent this from happening to others I would be gratefulThank you, jill

From: lk7600

Subject: retard

Message: Can you please ******* die? Preferably by getting crushed to death in a garbage compactor, by getting your face cut to ribbons with a pocketknife, your head cracked open with a baseball bat, your stomach sliced open and your entrails spilled out, and your eyeballs ripped out of their sockets. *beep* *****

I would love to kick you hard in the face, breaking it. Then I'd cut your stomach open with a chainsaw, exposing your intestines. Then I'd cut your windpipe in two with a boxcutter. Then I'd tie you to the back of a pickup truck, and drag you, until your useless *beep* corpse was torn to a million *beep* useless, bloody, and gory pieces.

Hopefully you'll get what's coming to you. *beep* *****

I really hope that you get curb-stomped. It'd be hilarious to see you begging for help, and then someone stomps on the back of your head, leaving you to die in horrible, agonizing pain. *beep*

Shut the *beep* up f *****, before you get your face bashed in and cut to ribbons, and your throat slit.

There seems to be a new wave of people/bots signing up for new accounts who are sending harassing PMs to forum members. If you are the recipient of any of these out of the blue "you suck go crawl under a rock and die" type PMs, please report it here (or PM me).

I believe this may be part of an effort by SEO spammers to drive legit users away and overwhelm the mods/admins, with a goal of turning our beloved forums into a SEO haven. We see (and can directly deal with) the spam posted directly in the forums, but we don't see the PM harassment unless you let us know.

Please help us keep the forums free from random harassment and SEO spammers!

The years just pass like trains. I wave, but they don't slow down.-- Steven Wilson

What do you guys think about suggesting that a 'Report' button be added to the PM system like we have for the forums? Could use that in the comment system too, though I can see how that one might be too easily abused.

For the PMs, it pretty much comes down to what's readily available as canned mods/plugins for phpBB, or (failing that) what morphine has time & budget to code up from scratch. Front page comment system is still full custom AFAIK.

The years just pass like trains. I wave, but they don't slow down.-- Steven Wilson

It would be nice to have a "report" feature if possible, although I will point out that more than one conversation in the last few weeks has been pushed to PM, so if we get that feature, don't abuse it.

But right as I read this thread, I found two messages from xres625e that fit the bill. I did get a good lol at the effort put into one of them, but that probably would drive newer users from the site, especially since there is a contest going on right now.

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

I find the hate messages to be gratifying actually. If someone gets really really worked up, it's usually because you've humiliated them - i.e. called a troll's bluff, or posted a link that proves someone's entire argument is completely void. In present society you'd just move on, perhaps have an irrational argument about it in some cases, but that's it. With the veil of anonymity provided by the interwebs though, all normal social models go out of the window

I must have enraged someone by posting a link to a page that refuted their biased/incorrect troll argument way back in 2008 - the guy was banned regardless of my inaction - but it's messages like this that make me thankful I have enough self-control to never get myself this worked-up about anything. Here it is, censored, for your viewing pleasure:

****** bitchSent: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:42 am From: yv6550 To: Chrispy_

Die painfully okay? Prefearbly by getting crushed to death in a garbage compactor, by getting your face cut to ribbons with a pocketknife, your head cracked open with a baseball bat, your stomach sliced open and your entrails spilled out, and your eyeballs ripped out of their sockets. **** bitch

I would love to kick you hard in the face, breaking it. Then I'd cut your stomach open with a chainsaw, exposing your intestines. Then I'd cut your windpipe in two with a boxcutter. Then I'd tie you to the back of a pickup truck, and drag you, until your useless **** corpse was torn to a million **** useless, bloody, and gory pieces.